Section III Keels, Wains, &c. carrying Coals before they are marked and nailed, unless by Default of Commissioners, forfeited together with the Coals therein.
And bee it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That every Keel Boat Wain or Cart which from and after the Foure and twentieth day of July which shall bee in the yeare of our Lord God One thousand six hundred ninety and five shall carry any Coals in any of the Places aforesaid before they shall bee admeasured marked and nailed as aforesaid by Three Commissioners or more of them shall bee and are hereby declared to bee forfeited together with the Coals that shall bee laden upon them (unlesse the same shall happen by default of the said Commissioners) one moiety of all which forementioned forfeitures shall bee to the Kings Majestie his heires and successors the other moiety to him or them that shall discover or sue for the same in any of his Majesties Courts of Record by Bill Plaint or Information wherein noe Essoign Protection X1 or Wager of Law shall bee allowed any Statute Law or Usage to the contrary notwithstanding.
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Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: Imparlance O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]